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With the COVID-19 pandemic, smart speakers could be used to identify potential cases of the virus. Although Amazon Alexa is the only speaker currently approved for health records in the USA, other speakers could be used to monitor and notify users locally, rather than using the cloud. This could be done in several ways: using audio analytics for dry cough or even using other methods to determine chest movements and other symptoms.

According to Omdia’s latest smart speaker tracker, the North American smart speaker market grew 96% in Q4 2019 compared to Q3 2019. This includes all smart speakers using the Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri platforms.

The Consumer and DIY market includes all video surveillance equipment sold through the retail sales channel either in-store or online. This latest edition of the research aims to measure the size of the market and judge what are the best opportunities currently available.

This report delivers a breakdown of the drivers, market players, expected future direction of the category, and which players are expected to prevail in the long run. Global unit shipments, revenue and installed base is provided for 19 unique smart speaker platforms, in addition release dates of smart speakers.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power not only to automate buildings but also to make them truly adaptive, smart, and agile, with the use of AI analytics helping to improve operations, reduce inefficiencies, and lower costs across building platforms in a wide range of industries.

Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance today announced a new working group that plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products, with security as a fundamental design tenet (Project Connected Home over IP).

Over the past few weeks, there have been several blogs and press releases offering opinions on the smart home market. The primary takeaway from these articles is that the smart home is beginning to reach saturation in North America and that many manufacturers actually lack the marketing and creativity prowess to push the smart home, over the hump, to the masses.

Our brief analysis of Cyber Monday compared the original pricing with the discounted pricing in order to calculate discounts across 7 product types. These product types included: electronic door locks, video doorbells, smart speakers, lighting, security hubs, thermostats and consumer video security cameras. The sample size was a total of 58 product types using several sources, from manufacturer websites, Best Buy and Amazon.com.

This ‘scorecard’ evaluates the top smart home vendors on criteria using concrete data and metrics, including vendor market share, solution breadth, regional presence, regional growth, reputation for innovation, and other benchmarks. This approach eliminates subjectivity and ensures vendors are assessed accurately and fairly.

The fastest-growing device types in the market include lighting, smart speakers and connected major home appliances. The United States led all countries in 2018, representing about 35 percent of global market revenue. China was second, accounting for an 18 percent share.

This report assesses the opportunities and challenges for deploying smart home technology in multifamily dwellings. As smart home technology adoption begins to plateau in single-family dwellings, the opportunity for multifamily remains nascent.